Joseph Grenny

The harder you think about the following statement, the more able you'll be to exert conscious control over your life: Habits are not goal-directed. They are simply self-perpetuating routines. What are the implications for you?

@amyegallo Thanks @amygallo. Your finger prints are all over it.

I've had three different people mention this article from @josephgrenny and how helpful it is. I have to agree! hbr.org/2019/01/4-thin…

You don't always choose the emotions you feel, but you do get to choose which ones you express. Emotional intelligence depends on the will to recognize harmful emotions and the skill to avoid inflicting them on others. #SundayThoughts

Your success in a crucial conversation is less about how you use your mouth and more about what you do before you open it. Here are the four things you should do. hbr.org/2019/01/4-thin…

Proud that Change Anything made it to Adam Gilbert’s top read list! RT @ #ChangeAnything shines a spotlight on the powerful forces that shape our choices. bit.ly/2ARAMx5

Want to be more creative? Here’s what works for me. hbr.org/2019/01/how-to…

We don’t arrive at our most cherished opinions starting with a blank page. Whether we are Christian or Muslim, Conservative or Liberal, boxers or briefs, our ideas are shaped more by the tribes we identify with than the facts we sift through.

Loved my interview with Erica Evans about how to get people to clean the air? deseretnews.com/article/900041…

Being taught to avoid talking about politics and religion has led to a lack of understanding about politics and religion. What we should have been taught was how to have civil conversations about differing opinions.

Discomfort is the threshold of intimacy.

Expectations are our brittle bulwark against vulnerability.

If you cannot sustain happiness alone, you cannot sustain happiness with another.

Affliction is an invitation to connection.

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” qz.com/1309242

Joy in life is less about what you’re doing and more about why you’re doing it.

The only way you can control your behavior is to take control of the things that control you.

More than any other influence in life, your habits determine your destiny. Are you acting on them or are they acting on you?

@badmikeyt You can’t. I just gave it to you!

Emotional maturity means being able to hear others’ judgments of you as information not definition.